Show 259 life the project the company reported that fewer lives we re lost than on ordinary construction jobs2® It is true that men occasionally fell from the trestle into the lake on but none were drowned Yorkmen were constantly dropping tools into the water most of which were never recovered However no locomotives or cars were lost and little damage was reported to any of the rolling stock29 Some trains were almost lost during the stormy weather of 1925 and Final rails were laid in about the middle of the ' arm v 26 Celebration of the occawith hundreds of celebrities attend- t t special spike driving ceremony was held3’1’ The road turned over to the operations department December 31 No ing was 1903 until but regular mins were not scheduled over the new line March 8 1904 because of trouble on the fills The first regularly was west of the lake November 13 1903 sion was held November one 1924 39 train to cross the new cut-o- ff was of 25 cars bearing Asiatic freight32 Passenger service not inaugurated until September 18 1904 33 scheduled -- 28 29 30 31 32 Salt Lake Tribune April 9 1903 Aiken "Crossing Great Salt Lake" Mann "Bridging Great Salt Lake" Salt Ibid 33 Mann Lake Tribune March 9 November 27 210 21 1903 1904 "Bridging Great Salt Lake" 20 |